#reprogramming decisionism

[anarchist-caravan]

And as R.S. Bakker has said in the past;

"As it turns out human social cognition is radically heuristic. When you and I are having a conversation the humanistic conceit is that we are in some way, shape or form representing in our minds what’s in the other person’s mind. We have all kinds of supposed mechanisms in our brain that actually allow us to peer into each other’s soul representationally. If you take all the representations out of that picture and simply look at it as a physical give and take, then suddenly the situation between two individuals looks completely different. What I am doing is cueing an assumption on your part which you report, which cues an assumption on my part and back and forth and so on. There is no actual peering into one another’s brains, what we are doing is simply working through a kind of social algorithm where you’re one half and I’m the other half. Given enough ancestral consistency in our contexts that algorithm generally will lead to some sort of happy conclusion. But now we have cognitive technologies flooding our ancestral social cognitive ecologies and it’s no longer the case that it’s me pushing your buttons or you pushing my buttons, there’s also all these gadgets pushing our buttons. They have actually been designed to push our buttons in commercially exploitable ways and as it turns out it’s really easy to do that."

". All this button pushing which evolved when there were only humans around and which was at least functional enough to allow our ancestors to muddle along, all these ecosystems are going to be completely gone. You’ll have people making all kinds of moral judgements, all kinds of moral assertions as to who’s right, who’s wrong, who’s good, who’s bad. Instead of that playing itself out in the ancestral ecology, it will be playing itself out in an ecology that’s been overrun, trammelled, invaded by systems that have absolutely no stake as agents, whatever that means, in our cognitive ecologies. It ends up being a crash space insofar as morality is simply going to become more and more dysfunctional. "

[sofiasingingpractice]

Goals

PG.

5 pages book♥️

Friendly eyes for yourself + change dialogo interno con una frase migliore. Quando c’è qualcosa dí terribile -> Deal with zingers, see the bad movie getting smaller

Journal 15

Experience ♥️

Decide goal for next week

ADMIN

Finish email Jackie 25 ♥️

Scroll all emails + Get the flight 20♥️

PRACTICE

Vocalize 25 min♥️

Practice cadenza, il dolce, oihme, qui ricovriamo, sparsa, l’inno suona, e non si dice, Ardon gli incensi * 2

Practice gestures + entrate 25 * 2 ♥️

Mental practice 25

INTERPR

Say the as if Lucia 20♥️

REPERTORIO

Memoria Ah rendetemi. Punto dove ti sei sbagliata 20♥️

HEALTH

2 liters ♥️

RELAZIONI

Favore simone

2 faccende in casa♥️

Chiama zia e papi 30

Grazie ti amo mamma 20

Regalino claudia 10

Per cosa mi sento grato oggi?

Che ho claudia che mi cucina

Che ho l’opportunità di cantare per un concerto la settimana prossima

Che faccio un lavoro bello

Che ho simone

Che ho una giornata libera

Cosa mi fa sentire che tutto accade per una ragione e che la vita è perfetta?

Che le mie paure sono ciò che mi guidano verso ciò su cui devo andare a lavorare per uscire dalla comfort zone, crescere e migliorare

Come voglio agire per realizzare i miei obiettivi ed essere esempio per gli altri?

Essere costante

Resiliente

Gestire il mio stato emotivo con gli strumenti che ho (deal with zingers, riprogramming self talk, affirmations, friendly eyes)

Che energia voglio esprimere? Che viso voglio avere? Come voglio essere in ciò che faccio?

Energica

Che sa quello che fa

You don’t mess with me

Reprogramming

Oggi ho studiato solo un’ora. Non ho fatto un cazzo e sono una pigra. -> Ricordati che stai andando against your resistance and fears. So it’s normal that at the beginning it is more difficult to follow the full schedule. But you’re getting better! -> Oggi ho studiato e sono stata consistente. Ho pure studiato e cantato bene

Non andrò mai via da questo posto. Sarò stuck e avrò una vita misera Perchè non sono abbastanza brava. -> No tu andrai all’estero di nuovo. Ci tornerai e lo sai. Non starai a Roma. Ti impegnerai e prenderai la decisione giusta quest’estate quando pondererai le cose. -> Tu andrai via e troverai un modo con Simone per stare insieme.

Affirmations

I am constant

I am a good singer

I take care of my voice

I practice well and everyday

Everyday I practice I feel like I am more and more in control

I feel like I have the instruments

Practice

What went well

Could do the attacco involontario e trovare l’intonazione

What was useful

Esercizio collo mauro banfi

What was surprising

Could do the passaggio effortlessly con attacco

What was difficult

Attacco involontario con le parole

Scale meco

Non muovere collo

What should I improve

Find that attacco in the trickiest parts like the cadenza

[fursasaida]

could you say a little about the talk on drones? I always appreciate your take on things

Part of why I was wishing I had access to a video or something is that my notes are pretty spotty and I saw the talk–by Mark Andrejevic–weeks ago. But what I can reconstruct from them is:

Drones aren’t just drones. They are, quoting Alex Rivera, “an incandescent reflection, the most extreme expression of who we are and what we’ve become generally.” (This is part of why so many academics are interested in them.) Drones function on the basis of total knowledge, if not total control, of an environment; anticipation; and preemption. Root causes recede in importance, because if you have sufficient knowledge of an environment, the ability to mark behavior as deviant or problematic, and the remote reach that drones provide, you can “just act.” Preemption becomes the “solution” to intractable problems, rather than addressing the problems themselves with the expectation of a payoff later.  

The talk connected all this to a few things, including Google Ads. Increasingly, Andrejevic explained, the content of ads doesn’t matter at all. All that matters is the metadata: how they travel and the clicks they generate, and from whom. Jeremy Packer has written about this in connection with drones, arguing that what matters now is epistemology rather than ideology; how the ads perform rather than what messages they send. This is a broader condition applying to a lot of aspects of the world at this time; one quotation I did manage to transcribe was,

“The meta-digital machine of post-truth politics belongs to an automated regime of communication designed to endlessly explore isolated and iterated behaviors we might call conducts…. This…involves an utter indifference towards the data retrieved and transmitted insofar as these only serve as a background.” – Luciana Parisi, “Reprogramming Decisionism” 

Basically, the argument here goes, the drone world is a world where epistemology rather than ideology is the key determinant of outcomes and avenue of critique (metadata rather than data). As drones increasingly determine political distinctions between friend and foe, their internal operation will come to resemble the current state of digital advertising. What will matter is how the drone performed in the moment (did it distinguish a target, make an algorithmically robust judgement, eliminate the target, minimize collateral damage, etc) more than the specifics of who it killed and why. In Packer,’s words “It is not simply that drones can locate real pre-existing enemies more accurately; rather they can collect and process the necessary data to determine algorithmically the threat potential of any given situation/subject and act accordingly.”

Andrejevic also pointed out that projects like Amazon’s ambition to deliver purchases almost instantly via drone, or Google’s similar project Wing (much the same thing), rely on this same total knowledge and ability to anticipate and preempt. In this case, it’s knowledge of the consumer-and-environment rather than the target-and-environment: for deliveries to be made with the speed these projects are aiming at, consumers’ purchasing decisions need to be anticipated, so that commodities can be routed to local hubs and available for quick delivery.

So in this context, where Google is already developing its own drone program, Google owns one of the platforms with the best generalized knowledge of environments around the world (Google Maps), and Google is the master of using algorithms and metadata to measure and affect reality, it makes plenty of sense not only for the government to enlist Google in its drone program but also for Google to want to participate in it. The sense this makes is not moral sense; hence the employees’ protests. But it points to what Packer predicted as “allowing the commingled digital and military teleologies to be carried to their logical conclusion.”

I hope that makes sense! Like I said, my notes were pretty spotty, and this represents only part of what the talk covered. (There was this amazing video he showed of Nancy Pelosi supporting/endorsing some drone policy or other that I wish I could find.) Everything I quoted here is from sources Andrejevic mentioned in the talk, though I did track some of them down to get a more complete picture.

[kenotype]

Reprogramming Decisionism (Luciana Parisi, 2017)  http://www.e-flux.com/journal/85/155472/reprogramming-decisionism/

[txny-archxr]

DHS moving to up detention, deportation capacity, memo says

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is taking steps to vastly increase its capacity to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, according to a draft internal memo prepared by the Department of Homeland Security on implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Measures include detaining virtually all undocumented immigrants apprehended, with guidance to officials to only release undocumented immigrants awaiting court proceedings in limited circumstances, and efforts to increase detention capacity by up to roughly 30,000 beds, pending funding.

The memo, a 90-day progress report implementing the President’s immigration and border security executive order, reiterates that DHS is working to execute the orders from Trump calling for a much more aggressive US immigration enforcement posture.

The document was obtained by CNN and first reported by The Washington Post.

DHS spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said the agency would not comment on pre-decisional documents and that the memo had yet to be reviewed by senior leadership.

The draft memo does not address Trump’s additional executive order, which focused on immigration enforcement in the interior of the US, and thus does not discuss surging and empowering immigration officers to make more arrests in the US.

But it does discuss the plans for increased detention of undocumented immigrants and surging the hiring of border patrol agents.

Under Trump’s policies, all adults apprehended and facing deportation proceedings will be detained, the memo says. Under guidance from Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has directed officers to employ “limited” discretion that would release undocumented immigrants on parole, only “case by case.”

The memo makes clear that capacity is not currently an issue, despite the efforts to step up immigration enforcement. One reason is that apprehensions at the border have dropped dramatically in the first few months of the Trump administration.

DHS has increased its detention capacity by roughly 1,000 beds and has another 1,000 on standby, the memo says.

On top of that, DHS has identified potential facilities that could add up to 21,000 beds to its capacity, but that will depend on funding. A further 12,500 temporary beds are being sought by a Customs and Border Patrol Migration Crisis Action Team to be able to respond to any surges in migration at the border.

In addition, if the US can get Mexico to agree to holding undocumented immigrants that are apprehended entering through Mexico pending their court proceedings as the executive order calls for, DHS is exploring ways to set up “port court” facilities and video conferencing systems to hear their cases.

Beyond DHS personnel, the memo also says the agency has had success recruiting local police departments to join its 287(g) program — which essentially deputizes local law enforcement agents to operate as federal immigration agents.

Eight new additions to the program have been approved to move forward, and up to 68 agencies more may follow based on interest, DHS said.

Progress on the wall, hiring

The memo also lays out where plans for Trump’s oft-promised border wall stand.

The agency plans to have prototypes built for the wall, “or (a) similarly secure, contiguous and impassible physical barrier” by late July, the memo says, noting it is relying on $20 million reprogrammed funds that were approved by congressional appropriators. Congress has not moved to appropriate any of the new funds that the administration has asked for to build the wall this year.

The focus will be on the “highest-priority area” to begin, pending funding — encompassing only 48 miles of new barrier in the Rio Grande Valley and San Diego sectors, as CNN first reported.

The memo also describes CBP’s struggle to hire additional agents, laying out the funding needs of the agency to recruit enough personnel to even cover the current shortfall in staffing before the additional 5,000 agents Trump has called for.

While the document notes that the agency will not compromise its hiring standards, it does say that DHS will examine changes to its hiring, including this month beginning a pilot “test for espionage, sabotage and corruption” instead of the law enforcement pre-employment test.

Other suggested changes include removing a Spanish proficiency test and removing a second physical fitness test from the process.

While hiring projections have shown it may take a decade or more to hire 5,000 additional agents as Trump has called for, CBP said it had achieved some success on expedited hiring, saying that in January 2016 the time to hire averaged 469 days, but that had dropped to 300 days in March 2017.

CBP estimates that number will drop further as more agents are processed through expedited hiring.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/dhs-deportation-wall-memo/index.html

from https://www.makingthebest.com/2017/04/14/dhs-moving-to-up-detention-deportation-capacity-memo-says/

[nepaca]

DHS moving to up detention, deportation capacity, memo says

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is taking steps to vastly increase its capacity to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, according to a draft internal memo prepared by the Department of Homeland Security on implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Measures include detaining virtually all undocumented immigrants apprehended, with guidance to officials to only release undocumented immigrants awaiting court proceedings in limited circumstances, and efforts to increase detention capacity by up to roughly 30,000 beds, pending funding.

The memo, a 90-day progress report implementing the President’s immigration and border security executive order, reiterates that DHS is working to execute the orders from Trump calling for a much more aggressive US immigration enforcement posture.

The document was obtained by CNN and first reported by The Washington Post.

DHS spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said the agency would not comment on pre-decisional documents and that the memo had yet to be reviewed by senior leadership.

The draft memo does not address Trump’s additional executive order, which focused on immigration enforcement in the interior of the US, and thus does not discuss surging and empowering immigration officers to make more arrests in the US.

But it does discuss the plans for increased detention of undocumented immigrants and surging the hiring of border patrol agents.

Under Trump’s policies, all adults apprehended and facing deportation proceedings will be detained, the memo says. Under guidance from Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has directed officers to employ “limited” discretion that would release undocumented immigrants on parole, only “case by case.”

The memo makes clear that capacity is not currently an issue, despite the efforts to step up immigration enforcement. One reason is that apprehensions at the border have dropped dramatically in the first few months of the Trump administration.

DHS has increased its detention capacity by roughly 1,000 beds and has another 1,000 on standby, the memo says.

On top of that, DHS has identified potential facilities that could add up to 21,000 beds to its capacity, but that will depend on funding. A further 12,500 temporary beds are being sought by a Customs and Border Patrol Migration Crisis Action Team to be able to respond to any surges in migration at the border.

In addition, if the US can get Mexico to agree to holding undocumented immigrants that are apprehended entering through Mexico pending their court proceedings as the executive order calls for, DHS is exploring ways to set up “port court” facilities and video conferencing systems to hear their cases.

Beyond DHS personnel, the memo also says the agency has had success recruiting local police departments to join its 287(g) program — which essentially deputizes local law enforcement agents to operate as federal immigration agents.

Eight new additions to the program have been approved to move forward, and up to 68 agencies more may follow based on interest, DHS said.

Progress on the wall, hiring

The memo also lays out where plans for Trump’s oft-promised border wall stand.

The agency plans to have prototypes built for the wall, “or (a) similarly secure, contiguous and impassible physical barrier” by late July, the memo says, noting it is relying on $20 million reprogrammed funds that were approved by congressional appropriators. Congress has not moved to appropriate any of the new funds that the administration has asked for to build the wall this year.

The focus will be on the “highest-priority area” to begin, pending funding — encompassing only 48 miles of new barrier in the Rio Grande Valley and San Diego sectors, as CNN first reported.

The memo also describes CBP’s struggle to hire additional agents, laying out the funding needs of the agency to recruit enough personnel to even cover the current shortfall in staffing before the additional 5,000 agents Trump has called for.

While the document notes that the agency will not compromise its hiring standards, it does say that DHS will examine changes to its hiring, including this month beginning a pilot “test for espionage, sabotage and corruption” instead of the law enforcement pre-employment test.

Other suggested changes include removing a Spanish proficiency test and removing a second physical fitness test from the process.

While hiring projections have shown it may take a decade or more to hire 5,000 additional agents as Trump has called for, CBP said it had achieved some success on expedited hiring, saying that in January 2016 the time to hire averaged 469 days, but that had dropped to 300 days in March 2017.

CBP estimates that number will drop further as more agents are processed through expedited hiring.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/dhs-deportation-wall-memo/index.html

from https://www.makingthebest.com/2017/04/14/dhs-moving-to-up-detention-deportation-capacity-memo-says/

[saintofsunflowers]

DHS moving to up detention, deportation capacity, memo says

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is taking steps to vastly increase its capacity to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, according to a draft internal memo prepared by the Department of Homeland Security on implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Measures include detaining virtually all undocumented immigrants apprehended, with guidance to officials to only release undocumented immigrants awaiting court proceedings in limited circumstances, and efforts to increase detention capacity by up to roughly 30,000 beds, pending funding.

The memo, a 90-day progress report implementing the President’s immigration and border security executive order, reiterates that DHS is working to execute the orders from Trump calling for a much more aggressive US immigration enforcement posture.

The document was obtained by CNN and first reported by The Washington Post.

DHS spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said the agency would not comment on pre-decisional documents and that the memo had yet to be reviewed by senior leadership.

The draft memo does not address Trump’s additional executive order, which focused on immigration enforcement in the interior of the US, and thus does not discuss surging and empowering immigration officers to make more arrests in the US.

But it does discuss the plans for increased detention of undocumented immigrants and surging the hiring of border patrol agents.

Under Trump’s policies, all adults apprehended and facing deportation proceedings will be detained, the memo says. Under guidance from Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has directed officers to employ “limited” discretion that would release undocumented immigrants on parole, only “case by case.”

The memo makes clear that capacity is not currently an issue, despite the efforts to step up immigration enforcement. One reason is that apprehensions at the border have dropped dramatically in the first few months of the Trump administration.

DHS has increased its detention capacity by roughly 1,000 beds and has another 1,000 on standby, the memo says.

On top of that, DHS has identified potential facilities that could add up to 21,000 beds to its capacity, but that will depend on funding. A further 12,500 temporary beds are being sought by a Customs and Border Patrol Migration Crisis Action Team to be able to respond to any surges in migration at the border.

In addition, if the US can get Mexico to agree to holding undocumented immigrants that are apprehended entering through Mexico pending their court proceedings as the executive order calls for, DHS is exploring ways to set up “port court” facilities and video conferencing systems to hear their cases.

Beyond DHS personnel, the memo also says the agency has had success recruiting local police departments to join its 287(g) program — which essentially deputizes local law enforcement agents to operate as federal immigration agents.

Eight new additions to the program have been approved to move forward, and up to 68 agencies more may follow based on interest, DHS said.

Progress on the wall, hiring

The memo also lays out where plans for Trump’s oft-promised border wall stand.

The agency plans to have prototypes built for the wall, “or (a) similarly secure, contiguous and impassible physical barrier” by late July, the memo says, noting it is relying on $20 million reprogrammed funds that were approved by congressional appropriators. Congress has not moved to appropriate any of the new funds that the administration has asked for to build the wall this year.

The focus will be on the “highest-priority area” to begin, pending funding — encompassing only 48 miles of new barrier in the Rio Grande Valley and San Diego sectors, as CNN first reported.

The memo also describes CBP’s struggle to hire additional agents, laying out the funding needs of the agency to recruit enough personnel to even cover the current shortfall in staffing before the additional 5,000 agents Trump has called for.

While the document notes that the agency will not compromise its hiring standards, it does say that DHS will examine changes to its hiring, including this month beginning a pilot “test for espionage, sabotage and corruption” instead of the law enforcement pre-employment test.

Other suggested changes include removing a Spanish proficiency test and removing a second physical fitness test from the process.

While hiring projections have shown it may take a decade or more to hire 5,000 additional agents as Trump has called for, CBP said it had achieved some success on expedited hiring, saying that in January 2016 the time to hire averaged 469 days, but that had dropped to 300 days in March 2017.

CBP estimates that number will drop further as more agents are processed through expedited hiring.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/dhs-deportation-wall-memo/index.html

from https://www.makingthebest.com/2017/04/14/dhs-moving-to-up-detention-deportation-capacity-memo-says/

[lavendermiilk]

DHS moving to up detention, deportation capacity, memo says

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is taking steps to vastly increase its capacity to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, according to a draft internal memo prepared by the Department of Homeland Security on implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Measures include detaining virtually all undocumented immigrants apprehended, with guidance to officials to only release undocumented immigrants awaiting court proceedings in limited circumstances, and efforts to increase detention capacity by up to roughly 30,000 beds, pending funding.

The memo, a 90-day progress report implementing the President’s immigration and border security executive order, reiterates that DHS is working to execute the orders from Trump calling for a much more aggressive US immigration enforcement posture.

The document was obtained by CNN and first reported by The Washington Post.

DHS spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said the agency would not comment on pre-decisional documents and that the memo had yet to be reviewed by senior leadership.

The draft memo does not address Trump’s additional executive order, which focused on immigration enforcement in the interior of the US, and thus does not discuss surging and empowering immigration officers to make more arrests in the US.

But it does discuss the plans for increased detention of undocumented immigrants and surging the hiring of border patrol agents.

Under Trump’s policies, all adults apprehended and facing deportation proceedings will be detained, the memo says. Under guidance from Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has directed officers to employ “limited” discretion that would release undocumented immigrants on parole, only “case by case.”

The memo makes clear that capacity is not currently an issue, despite the efforts to step up immigration enforcement. One reason is that apprehensions at the border have dropped dramatically in the first few months of the Trump administration.

DHS has increased its detention capacity by roughly 1,000 beds and has another 1,000 on standby, the memo says.

On top of that, DHS has identified potential facilities that could add up to 21,000 beds to its capacity, but that will depend on funding. A further 12,500 temporary beds are being sought by a Customs and Border Patrol Migration Crisis Action Team to be able to respond to any surges in migration at the border.

In addition, if the US can get Mexico to agree to holding undocumented immigrants that are apprehended entering through Mexico pending their court proceedings as the executive order calls for, DHS is exploring ways to set up “port court” facilities and video conferencing systems to hear their cases.

Beyond DHS personnel, the memo also says the agency has had success recruiting local police departments to join its 287(g) program — which essentially deputizes local law enforcement agents to operate as federal immigration agents.

Eight new additions to the program have been approved to move forward, and up to 68 agencies more may follow based on interest, DHS said.

Progress on the wall, hiring

The memo also lays out where plans for Trump’s oft-promised border wall stand.

The agency plans to have prototypes built for the wall, “or (a) similarly secure, contiguous and impassible physical barrier” by late July, the memo says, noting it is relying on $20 million reprogrammed funds that were approved by congressional appropriators. Congress has not moved to appropriate any of the new funds that the administration has asked for to build the wall this year.

The focus will be on the “highest-priority area” to begin, pending funding — encompassing only 48 miles of new barrier in the Rio Grande Valley and San Diego sectors, as CNN first reported.

The memo also describes CBP’s struggle to hire additional agents, laying out the funding needs of the agency to recruit enough personnel to even cover the current shortfall in staffing before the additional 5,000 agents Trump has called for.

While the document notes that the agency will not compromise its hiring standards, it does say that DHS will examine changes to its hiring, including this month beginning a pilot “test for espionage, sabotage and corruption” instead of the law enforcement pre-employment test.

Other suggested changes include removing a Spanish proficiency test and removing a second physical fitness test from the process.

While hiring projections have shown it may take a decade or more to hire 5,000 additional agents as Trump has called for, CBP said it had achieved some success on expedited hiring, saying that in January 2016 the time to hire averaged 469 days, but that had dropped to 300 days in March 2017.

CBP estimates that number will drop further as more agents are processed through expedited hiring.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/dhs-deportation-wall-memo/index.html

from https://www.makingthebest.com/2017/04/14/dhs-moving-to-up-detention-deportation-capacity-memo-says/

[yua-shizuka]

DHS moving to up detention, deportation capacity, memo says

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is taking steps to vastly increase its capacity to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, according to a draft internal memo prepared by the Department of Homeland Security on implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Measures include detaining virtually all undocumented immigrants apprehended, with guidance to officials to only release undocumented immigrants awaiting court proceedings in limited circumstances, and efforts to increase detention capacity by up to roughly 30,000 beds, pending funding.

The memo, a 90-day progress report implementing the President’s immigration and border security executive order, reiterates that DHS is working to execute the orders from Trump calling for a much more aggressive US immigration enforcement posture.

The document was obtained by CNN and first reported by The Washington Post.

DHS spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said the agency would not comment on pre-decisional documents and that the memo had yet to be reviewed by senior leadership.

The draft memo does not address Trump’s additional executive order, which focused on immigration enforcement in the interior of the US, and thus does not discuss surging and empowering immigration officers to make more arrests in the US.

But it does discuss the plans for increased detention of undocumented immigrants and surging the hiring of border patrol agents.

Under Trump’s policies, all adults apprehended and facing deportation proceedings will be detained, the memo says. Under guidance from Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has directed officers to employ “limited” discretion that would release undocumented immigrants on parole, only “case by case.”

The memo makes clear that capacity is not currently an issue, despite the efforts to step up immigration enforcement. One reason is that apprehensions at the border have dropped dramatically in the first few months of the Trump administration.

DHS has increased its detention capacity by roughly 1,000 beds and has another 1,000 on standby, the memo says.

On top of that, DHS has identified potential facilities that could add up to 21,000 beds to its capacity, but that will depend on funding. A further 12,500 temporary beds are being sought by a Customs and Border Patrol Migration Crisis Action Team to be able to respond to any surges in migration at the border.

In addition, if the US can get Mexico to agree to holding undocumented immigrants that are apprehended entering through Mexico pending their court proceedings as the executive order calls for, DHS is exploring ways to set up “port court” facilities and video conferencing systems to hear their cases.

Beyond DHS personnel, the memo also says the agency has had success recruiting local police departments to join its 287(g) program — which essentially deputizes local law enforcement agents to operate as federal immigration agents.

Eight new additions to the program have been approved to move forward, and up to 68 agencies more may follow based on interest, DHS said.

Progress on the wall, hiring

The memo also lays out where plans for Trump’s oft-promised border wall stand.

The agency plans to have prototypes built for the wall, “or (a) similarly secure, contiguous and impassible physical barrier” by late July, the memo says, noting it is relying on $20 million reprogrammed funds that were approved by congressional appropriators. Congress has not moved to appropriate any of the new funds that the administration has asked for to build the wall this year.

The focus will be on the “highest-priority area” to begin, pending funding — encompassing only 48 miles of new barrier in the Rio Grande Valley and San Diego sectors, as CNN first reported.

The memo also describes CBP’s struggle to hire additional agents, laying out the funding needs of the agency to recruit enough personnel to even cover the current shortfall in staffing before the additional 5,000 agents Trump has called for.

While the document notes that the agency will not compromise its hiring standards, it does say that DHS will examine changes to its hiring, including this month beginning a pilot “test for espionage, sabotage and corruption” instead of the law enforcement pre-employment test.

Other suggested changes include removing a Spanish proficiency test and removing a second physical fitness test from the process.

While hiring projections have shown it may take a decade or more to hire 5,000 additional agents as Trump has called for, CBP said it had achieved some success on expedited hiring, saying that in January 2016 the time to hire averaged 469 days, but that had dropped to 300 days in March 2017.

CBP estimates that number will drop further as more agents are processed through expedited hiring.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/dhs-deportation-wall-memo/index.html

from https://www.makingthebest.com/2017/04/14/dhs-moving-to-up-detention-deportation-capacity-memo-says/

[the-yaoi-galla]

DHS moving to up detention, deportation capacity, memo says

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is taking steps to vastly increase its capacity to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, according to a draft internal memo prepared by the Department of Homeland Security on implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Measures include detaining virtually all undocumented immigrants apprehended, with guidance to officials to only release undocumented immigrants awaiting court proceedings in limited circumstances, and efforts to increase detention capacity by up to roughly 30,000 beds, pending funding.

The memo, a 90-day progress report implementing the President’s immigration and border security executive order, reiterates that DHS is working to execute the orders from Trump calling for a much more aggressive US immigration enforcement posture.

The document was obtained by CNN and first reported by The Washington Post.

DHS spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said the agency would not comment on pre-decisional documents and that the memo had yet to be reviewed by senior leadership.

The draft memo does not address Trump’s additional executive order, which focused on immigration enforcement in the interior of the US, and thus does not discuss surging and empowering immigration officers to make more arrests in the US.

But it does discuss the plans for increased detention of undocumented immigrants and surging the hiring of border patrol agents.

Under Trump’s policies, all adults apprehended and facing deportation proceedings will be detained, the memo says. Under guidance from Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has directed officers to employ “limited” discretion that would release undocumented immigrants on parole, only “case by case.”

The memo makes clear that capacity is not currently an issue, despite the efforts to step up immigration enforcement. One reason is that apprehensions at the border have dropped dramatically in the first few months of the Trump administration.

DHS has increased its detention capacity by roughly 1,000 beds and has another 1,000 on standby, the memo says.

On top of that, DHS has identified potential facilities that could add up to 21,000 beds to its capacity, but that will depend on funding. A further 12,500 temporary beds are being sought by a Customs and Border Patrol Migration Crisis Action Team to be able to respond to any surges in migration at the border.

In addition, if the US can get Mexico to agree to holding undocumented immigrants that are apprehended entering through Mexico pending their court proceedings as the executive order calls for, DHS is exploring ways to set up “port court” facilities and video conferencing systems to hear their cases.

Beyond DHS personnel, the memo also says the agency has had success recruiting local police departments to join its 287(g) program — which essentially deputizes local law enforcement agents to operate as federal immigration agents.

Eight new additions to the program have been approved to move forward, and up to 68 agencies more may follow based on interest, DHS said.

Progress on the wall, hiring

The memo also lays out where plans for Trump’s oft-promised border wall stand.

The agency plans to have prototypes built for the wall, “or (a) similarly secure, contiguous and impassible physical barrier” by late July, the memo says, noting it is relying on $20 million reprogrammed funds that were approved by congressional appropriators. Congress has not moved to appropriate any of the new funds that the administration has asked for to build the wall this year.

The focus will be on the “highest-priority area” to begin, pending funding — encompassing only 48 miles of new barrier in the Rio Grande Valley and San Diego sectors, as CNN first reported.

The memo also describes CBP’s struggle to hire additional agents, laying out the funding needs of the agency to recruit enough personnel to even cover the current shortfall in staffing before the additional 5,000 agents Trump has called for.

While the document notes that the agency will not compromise its hiring standards, it does say that DHS will examine changes to its hiring, including this month beginning a pilot “test for espionage, sabotage and corruption” instead of the law enforcement pre-employment test.

Other suggested changes include removing a Spanish proficiency test and removing a second physical fitness test from the process.

While hiring projections have shown it may take a decade or more to hire 5,000 additional agents as Trump has called for, CBP said it had achieved some success on expedited hiring, saying that in January 2016 the time to hire averaged 469 days, but that had dropped to 300 days in March 2017.

CBP estimates that number will drop further as more agents are processed through expedited hiring.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/dhs-deportation-wall-memo/index.html

from https://www.makingthebest.com/2017/04/14/dhs-moving-to-up-detention-deportation-capacity-memo-says/

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DHS moving to up detention, deportation capacity, memo says

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is taking steps to vastly increase its capacity to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, according to a draft internal memo prepared by the Department of Homeland Security on implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Measures include detaining virtually all undocumented immigrants apprehended, with guidance to officials to only release undocumented immigrants awaiting court proceedings in limited circumstances, and efforts to increase detention capacity by up to roughly 30,000 beds, pending funding.

The memo, a 90-day progress report implementing the President’s immigration and border security executive order, reiterates that DHS is working to execute the orders from Trump calling for a much more aggressive US immigration enforcement posture.

The document was obtained by CNN and first reported by The Washington Post.

DHS spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said the agency would not comment on pre-decisional documents and that the memo had yet to be reviewed by senior leadership.

The draft memo does not address Trump’s additional executive order, which focused on immigration enforcement in the interior of the US, and thus does not discuss surging and empowering immigration officers to make more arrests in the US.

But it does discuss the plans for increased detention of undocumented immigrants and surging the hiring of border patrol agents.

Under Trump’s policies, all adults apprehended and facing deportation proceedings will be detained, the memo says. Under guidance from Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has directed officers to employ “limited” discretion that would release undocumented immigrants on parole, only “case by case.”

The memo makes clear that capacity is not currently an issue, despite the efforts to step up immigration enforcement. One reason is that apprehensions at the border have dropped dramatically in the first few months of the Trump administration.

DHS has increased its detention capacity by roughly 1,000 beds and has another 1,000 on standby, the memo says.

On top of that, DHS has identified potential facilities that could add up to 21,000 beds to its capacity, but that will depend on funding. A further 12,500 temporary beds are being sought by a Customs and Border Patrol Migration Crisis Action Team to be able to respond to any surges in migration at the border.

In addition, if the US can get Mexico to agree to holding undocumented immigrants that are apprehended entering through Mexico pending their court proceedings as the executive order calls for, DHS is exploring ways to set up “port court” facilities and video conferencing systems to hear their cases.

Beyond DHS personnel, the memo also says the agency has had success recruiting local police departments to join its 287(g) program — which essentially deputizes local law enforcement agents to operate as federal immigration agents.

Eight new additions to the program have been approved to move forward, and up to 68 agencies more may follow based on interest, DHS said.

Progress on the wall, hiring

The memo also lays out where plans for Trump’s oft-promised border wall stand.

The agency plans to have prototypes built for the wall, “or (a) similarly secure, contiguous and impassible physical barrier” by late July, the memo says, noting it is relying on $20 million reprogrammed funds that were approved by congressional appropriators. Congress has not moved to appropriate any of the new funds that the administration has asked for to build the wall this year.

The focus will be on the “highest-priority area” to begin, pending funding — encompassing only 48 miles of new barrier in the Rio Grande Valley and San Diego sectors, as CNN first reported.

The memo also describes CBP’s struggle to hire additional agents, laying out the funding needs of the agency to recruit enough personnel to even cover the current shortfall in staffing before the additional 5,000 agents Trump has called for.

While the document notes that the agency will not compromise its hiring standards, it does say that DHS will examine changes to its hiring, including this month beginning a pilot “test for espionage, sabotage and corruption” instead of the law enforcement pre-employment test.

Other suggested changes include removing a Spanish proficiency test and removing a second physical fitness test from the process.

While hiring projections have shown it may take a decade or more to hire 5,000 additional agents as Trump has called for, CBP said it had achieved some success on expedited hiring, saying that in January 2016 the time to hire averaged 469 days, but that had dropped to 300 days in March 2017.

CBP estimates that number will drop further as more agents are processed through expedited hiring.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/dhs-deportation-wall-memo/index.html

from https://www.makingthebest.com/2017/04/14/dhs-moving-to-up-detention-deportation-capacity-memo-says/

[professorsudowoodo]

DHS moving to up detention, deportation capacity, memo says

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is taking steps to vastly increase its capacity to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, according to a draft internal memo prepared by the Department of Homeland Security on implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Measures include detaining virtually all undocumented immigrants apprehended, with guidance to officials to only release undocumented immigrants awaiting court proceedings in limited circumstances, and efforts to increase detention capacity by up to roughly 30,000 beds, pending funding.

The memo, a 90-day progress report implementing the President’s immigration and border security executive order, reiterates that DHS is working to execute the orders from Trump calling for a much more aggressive US immigration enforcement posture.

The document was obtained by CNN and first reported by The Washington Post.

DHS spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said the agency would not comment on pre-decisional documents and that the memo had yet to be reviewed by senior leadership.

The draft memo does not address Trump’s additional executive order, which focused on immigration enforcement in the interior of the US, and thus does not discuss surging and empowering immigration officers to make more arrests in the US.

But it does discuss the plans for increased detention of undocumented immigrants and surging the hiring of border patrol agents.

Under Trump’s policies, all adults apprehended and facing deportation proceedings will be detained, the memo says. Under guidance from Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has directed officers to employ “limited” discretion that would release undocumented immigrants on parole, only “case by case.”

The memo makes clear that capacity is not currently an issue, despite the efforts to step up immigration enforcement. One reason is that apprehensions at the border have dropped dramatically in the first few months of the Trump administration.

DHS has increased its detention capacity by roughly 1,000 beds and has another 1,000 on standby, the memo says.

On top of that, DHS has identified potential facilities that could add up to 21,000 beds to its capacity, but that will depend on funding. A further 12,500 temporary beds are being sought by a Customs and Border Patrol Migration Crisis Action Team to be able to respond to any surges in migration at the border.

In addition, if the US can get Mexico to agree to holding undocumented immigrants that are apprehended entering through Mexico pending their court proceedings as the executive order calls for, DHS is exploring ways to set up “port court” facilities and video conferencing systems to hear their cases.

Beyond DHS personnel, the memo also says the agency has had success recruiting local police departments to join its 287(g) program — which essentially deputizes local law enforcement agents to operate as federal immigration agents.

Eight new additions to the program have been approved to move forward, and up to 68 agencies more may follow based on interest, DHS said.

Progress on the wall, hiring

The memo also lays out where plans for Trump’s oft-promised border wall stand.

The agency plans to have prototypes built for the wall, “or (a) similarly secure, contiguous and impassible physical barrier” by late July, the memo says, noting it is relying on $20 million reprogrammed funds that were approved by congressional appropriators. Congress has not moved to appropriate any of the new funds that the administration has asked for to build the wall this year.

The focus will be on the “highest-priority area” to begin, pending funding — encompassing only 48 miles of new barrier in the Rio Grande Valley and San Diego sectors, as CNN first reported.

The memo also describes CBP’s struggle to hire additional agents, laying out the funding needs of the agency to recruit enough personnel to even cover the current shortfall in staffing before the additional 5,000 agents Trump has called for.

While the document notes that the agency will not compromise its hiring standards, it does say that DHS will examine changes to its hiring, including this month beginning a pilot “test for espionage, sabotage and corruption” instead of the law enforcement pre-employment test.

Other suggested changes include removing a Spanish proficiency test and removing a second physical fitness test from the process.

While hiring projections have shown it may take a decade or more to hire 5,000 additional agents as Trump has called for, CBP said it had achieved some success on expedited hiring, saying that in January 2016 the time to hire averaged 469 days, but that had dropped to 300 days in March 2017.

CBP estimates that number will drop further as more agents are processed through expedited hiring.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/dhs-deportation-wall-memo/index.html

from https://www.makingthebest.com/2017/04/14/dhs-moving-to-up-detention-deportation-capacity-memo-says/

[danda202]

DHS moving to up detention, deportation capacity, memo says

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is taking steps to vastly increase its capacity to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, according to a draft internal memo prepared by the Department of Homeland Security on implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Measures include detaining virtually all undocumented immigrants apprehended, with guidance to officials to only release undocumented immigrants awaiting court proceedings in limited circumstances, and efforts to increase detention capacity by up to roughly 30,000 beds, pending funding.

The memo, a 90-day progress report implementing the President’s immigration and border security executive order, reiterates that DHS is working to execute the orders from Trump calling for a much more aggressive US immigration enforcement posture.

The document was obtained by CNN and first reported by The Washington Post.

DHS spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said the agency would not comment on pre-decisional documents and that the memo had yet to be reviewed by senior leadership.

The draft memo does not address Trump’s additional executive order, which focused on immigration enforcement in the interior of the US, and thus does not discuss surging and empowering immigration officers to make more arrests in the US.

But it does discuss the plans for increased detention of undocumented immigrants and surging the hiring of border patrol agents.

Under Trump’s policies, all adults apprehended and facing deportation proceedings will be detained, the memo says. Under guidance from Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has directed officers to employ “limited” discretion that would release undocumented immigrants on parole, only “case by case.”

The memo makes clear that capacity is not currently an issue, despite the efforts to step up immigration enforcement. One reason is that apprehensions at the border have dropped dramatically in the first few months of the Trump administration.

DHS has increased its detention capacity by roughly 1,000 beds and has another 1,000 on standby, the memo says.

On top of that, DHS has identified potential facilities that could add up to 21,000 beds to its capacity, but that will depend on funding. A further 12,500 temporary beds are being sought by a Customs and Border Patrol Migration Crisis Action Team to be able to respond to any surges in migration at the border.

In addition, if the US can get Mexico to agree to holding undocumented immigrants that are apprehended entering through Mexico pending their court proceedings as the executive order calls for, DHS is exploring ways to set up “port court” facilities and video conferencing systems to hear their cases.

Beyond DHS personnel, the memo also says the agency has had success recruiting local police departments to join its 287(g) program — which essentially deputizes local law enforcement agents to operate as federal immigration agents.

Eight new additions to the program have been approved to move forward, and up to 68 agencies more may follow based on interest, DHS said.

Progress on the wall, hiring

The memo also lays out where plans for Trump’s oft-promised border wall stand.

The agency plans to have prototypes built for the wall, “or (a) similarly secure, contiguous and impassible physical barrier” by late July, the memo says, noting it is relying on $20 million reprogrammed funds that were approved by congressional appropriators. Congress has not moved to appropriate any of the new funds that the administration has asked for to build the wall this year.

The focus will be on the “highest-priority area” to begin, pending funding — encompassing only 48 miles of new barrier in the Rio Grande Valley and San Diego sectors, as CNN first reported.

The memo also describes CBP’s struggle to hire additional agents, laying out the funding needs of the agency to recruit enough personnel to even cover the current shortfall in staffing before the additional 5,000 agents Trump has called for.

While the document notes that the agency will not compromise its hiring standards, it does say that DHS will examine changes to its hiring, including this month beginning a pilot “test for espionage, sabotage and corruption” instead of the law enforcement pre-employment test.

Other suggested changes include removing a Spanish proficiency test and removing a second physical fitness test from the process.

While hiring projections have shown it may take a decade or more to hire 5,000 additional agents as Trump has called for, CBP said it had achieved some success on expedited hiring, saying that in January 2016 the time to hire averaged 469 days, but that had dropped to 300 days in March 2017.

CBP estimates that number will drop further as more agents are processed through expedited hiring.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/dhs-deportation-wall-memo/index.html

from https://www.makingthebest.com/2017/04/14/dhs-moving-to-up-detention-deportation-capacity-memo-says/

[otaku-douchebag-ponytail]

DHS moving to up detention, deportation capacity, memo says

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is taking steps to vastly increase its capacity to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, according to a draft internal memo prepared by the Department of Homeland Security on implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Measures include detaining virtually all undocumented immigrants apprehended, with guidance to officials to only release undocumented immigrants awaiting court proceedings in limited circumstances, and efforts to increase detention capacity by up to roughly 30,000 beds, pending funding.

The memo, a 90-day progress report implementing the President’s immigration and border security executive order, reiterates that DHS is working to execute the orders from Trump calling for a much more aggressive US immigration enforcement posture.

The document was obtained by CNN and first reported by The Washington Post.

DHS spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said the agency would not comment on pre-decisional documents and that the memo had yet to be reviewed by senior leadership.

The draft memo does not address Trump’s additional executive order, which focused on immigration enforcement in the interior of the US, and thus does not discuss surging and empowering immigration officers to make more arrests in the US.

But it does discuss the plans for increased detention of undocumented immigrants and surging the hiring of border patrol agents.

Under Trump’s policies, all adults apprehended and facing deportation proceedings will be detained, the memo says. Under guidance from Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has directed officers to employ “limited” discretion that would release undocumented immigrants on parole, only “case by case.”

The memo makes clear that capacity is not currently an issue, despite the efforts to step up immigration enforcement. One reason is that apprehensions at the border have dropped dramatically in the first few months of the Trump administration.

DHS has increased its detention capacity by roughly 1,000 beds and has another 1,000 on standby, the memo says.

On top of that, DHS has identified potential facilities that could add up to 21,000 beds to its capacity, but that will depend on funding. A further 12,500 temporary beds are being sought by a Customs and Border Patrol Migration Crisis Action Team to be able to respond to any surges in migration at the border.

In addition, if the US can get Mexico to agree to holding undocumented immigrants that are apprehended entering through Mexico pending their court proceedings as the executive order calls for, DHS is exploring ways to set up “port court” facilities and video conferencing systems to hear their cases.

Beyond DHS personnel, the memo also says the agency has had success recruiting local police departments to join its 287(g) program — which essentially deputizes local law enforcement agents to operate as federal immigration agents.

Eight new additions to the program have been approved to move forward, and up to 68 agencies more may follow based on interest, DHS said.

Progress on the wall, hiring

The memo also lays out where plans for Trump’s oft-promised border wall stand.

The agency plans to have prototypes built for the wall, “or (a) similarly secure, contiguous and impassible physical barrier” by late July, the memo says, noting it is relying on $20 million reprogrammed funds that were approved by congressional appropriators. Congress has not moved to appropriate any of the new funds that the administration has asked for to build the wall this year.

The focus will be on the “highest-priority area” to begin, pending funding — encompassing only 48 miles of new barrier in the Rio Grande Valley and San Diego sectors, as CNN first reported.

The memo also describes CBP’s struggle to hire additional agents, laying out the funding needs of the agency to recruit enough personnel to even cover the current shortfall in staffing before the additional 5,000 agents Trump has called for.

While the document notes that the agency will not compromise its hiring standards, it does say that DHS will examine changes to its hiring, including this month beginning a pilot “test for espionage, sabotage and corruption” instead of the law enforcement pre-employment test.

Other suggested changes include removing a Spanish proficiency test and removing a second physical fitness test from the process.

While hiring projections have shown it may take a decade or more to hire 5,000 additional agents as Trump has called for, CBP said it had achieved some success on expedited hiring, saying that in January 2016 the time to hire averaged 469 days, but that had dropped to 300 days in March 2017.

CBP estimates that number will drop further as more agents are processed through expedited hiring.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/dhs-deportation-wall-memo/index.html

from https://www.makingthebest.com/2017/04/14/dhs-moving-to-up-detention-deportation-capacity-memo-says/

[n1nj4-l0v4]

DHS moving to up detention, deportation capacity, memo says

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is taking steps to vastly increase its capacity to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, according to a draft internal memo prepared by the Department of Homeland Security on implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Measures include detaining virtually all undocumented immigrants apprehended, with guidance to officials to only release undocumented immigrants awaiting court proceedings in limited circumstances, and efforts to increase detention capacity by up to roughly 30,000 beds, pending funding.

The memo, a 90-day progress report implementing the President’s immigration and border security executive order, reiterates that DHS is working to execute the orders from Trump calling for a much more aggressive US immigration enforcement posture.

The document was obtained by CNN and first reported by The Washington Post.

DHS spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said the agency would not comment on pre-decisional documents and that the memo had yet to be reviewed by senior leadership.

The draft memo does not address Trump’s additional executive order, which focused on immigration enforcement in the interior of the US, and thus does not discuss surging and empowering immigration officers to make more arrests in the US.

But it does discuss the plans for increased detention of undocumented immigrants and surging the hiring of border patrol agents.

Under Trump’s policies, all adults apprehended and facing deportation proceedings will be detained, the memo says. Under guidance from Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has directed officers to employ “limited” discretion that would release undocumented immigrants on parole, only “case by case.”

The memo makes clear that capacity is not currently an issue, despite the efforts to step up immigration enforcement. One reason is that apprehensions at the border have dropped dramatically in the first few months of the Trump administration.

DHS has increased its detention capacity by roughly 1,000 beds and has another 1,000 on standby, the memo says.

On top of that, DHS has identified potential facilities that could add up to 21,000 beds to its capacity, but that will depend on funding. A further 12,500 temporary beds are being sought by a Customs and Border Patrol Migration Crisis Action Team to be able to respond to any surges in migration at the border.

In addition, if the US can get Mexico to agree to holding undocumented immigrants that are apprehended entering through Mexico pending their court proceedings as the executive order calls for, DHS is exploring ways to set up “port court” facilities and video conferencing systems to hear their cases.

Beyond DHS personnel, the memo also says the agency has had success recruiting local police departments to join its 287(g) program — which essentially deputizes local law enforcement agents to operate as federal immigration agents.

Eight new additions to the program have been approved to move forward, and up to 68 agencies more may follow based on interest, DHS said.

Progress on the wall, hiring

The memo also lays out where plans for Trump’s oft-promised border wall stand.

The agency plans to have prototypes built for the wall, “or (a) similarly secure, contiguous and impassible physical barrier” by late July, the memo says, noting it is relying on $20 million reprogrammed funds that were approved by congressional appropriators. Congress has not moved to appropriate any of the new funds that the administration has asked for to build the wall this year.

The focus will be on the “highest-priority area” to begin, pending funding — encompassing only 48 miles of new barrier in the Rio Grande Valley and San Diego sectors, as CNN first reported.

The memo also describes CBP’s struggle to hire additional agents, laying out the funding needs of the agency to recruit enough personnel to even cover the current shortfall in staffing before the additional 5,000 agents Trump has called for.

While the document notes that the agency will not compromise its hiring standards, it does say that DHS will examine changes to its hiring, including this month beginning a pilot “test for espionage, sabotage and corruption” instead of the law enforcement pre-employment test.

Other suggested changes include removing a Spanish proficiency test and removing a second physical fitness test from the process.

While hiring projections have shown it may take a decade or more to hire 5,000 additional agents as Trump has called for, CBP said it had achieved some success on expedited hiring, saying that in January 2016 the time to hire averaged 469 days, but that had dropped to 300 days in March 2017.

CBP estimates that number will drop further as more agents are processed through expedited hiring.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/dhs-deportation-wall-memo/index.html

from https://www.makingthebest.com/2017/04/14/dhs-moving-to-up-detention-deportation-capacity-memo-says/

[chrishurstabs]

DHS moving to up detention, deportation capacity, memo says

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is taking steps to vastly increase its capacity to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, according to a draft internal memo prepared by the Department of Homeland Security on implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Measures include detaining virtually all undocumented immigrants apprehended, with guidance to officials to only release undocumented immigrants awaiting court proceedings in limited circumstances, and efforts to increase detention capacity by up to roughly 30,000 beds, pending funding.

The memo, a 90-day progress report implementing the President’s immigration and border security executive order, reiterates that DHS is working to execute the orders from Trump calling for a much more aggressive US immigration enforcement posture.

The document was obtained by CNN and first reported by The Washington Post.

DHS spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said the agency would not comment on pre-decisional documents and that the memo had yet to be reviewed by senior leadership.

The draft memo does not address Trump’s additional executive order, which focused on immigration enforcement in the interior of the US, and thus does not discuss surging and empowering immigration officers to make more arrests in the US.

But it does discuss the plans for increased detention of undocumented immigrants and surging the hiring of border patrol agents.

Under Trump’s policies, all adults apprehended and facing deportation proceedings will be detained, the memo says. Under guidance from Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has directed officers to employ “limited” discretion that would release undocumented immigrants on parole, only “case by case.”

The memo makes clear that capacity is not currently an issue, despite the efforts to step up immigration enforcement. One reason is that apprehensions at the border have dropped dramatically in the first few months of the Trump administration.

DHS has increased its detention capacity by roughly 1,000 beds and has another 1,000 on standby, the memo says.

On top of that, DHS has identified potential facilities that could add up to 21,000 beds to its capacity, but that will depend on funding. A further 12,500 temporary beds are being sought by a Customs and Border Patrol Migration Crisis Action Team to be able to respond to any surges in migration at the border.

In addition, if the US can get Mexico to agree to holding undocumented immigrants that are apprehended entering through Mexico pending their court proceedings as the executive order calls for, DHS is exploring ways to set up “port court” facilities and video conferencing systems to hear their cases.

Beyond DHS personnel, the memo also says the agency has had success recruiting local police departments to join its 287(g) program — which essentially deputizes local law enforcement agents to operate as federal immigration agents.

Eight new additions to the program have been approved to move forward, and up to 68 agencies more may follow based on interest, DHS said.

Progress on the wall, hiring

The memo also lays out where plans for Trump’s oft-promised border wall stand.

The agency plans to have prototypes built for the wall, “or (a) similarly secure, contiguous and impassible physical barrier” by late July, the memo says, noting it is relying on $20 million reprogrammed funds that were approved by congressional appropriators. Congress has not moved to appropriate any of the new funds that the administration has asked for to build the wall this year.

The focus will be on the “highest-priority area” to begin, pending funding — encompassing only 48 miles of new barrier in the Rio Grande Valley and San Diego sectors, as CNN first reported.

The memo also describes CBP’s struggle to hire additional agents, laying out the funding needs of the agency to recruit enough personnel to even cover the current shortfall in staffing before the additional 5,000 agents Trump has called for.

While the document notes that the agency will not compromise its hiring standards, it does say that DHS will examine changes to its hiring, including this month beginning a pilot “test for espionage, sabotage and corruption” instead of the law enforcement pre-employment test.

Other suggested changes include removing a Spanish proficiency test and removing a second physical fitness test from the process.

While hiring projections have shown it may take a decade or more to hire 5,000 additional agents as Trump has called for, CBP said it had achieved some success on expedited hiring, saying that in January 2016 the time to hire averaged 469 days, but that had dropped to 300 days in March 2017.

CBP estimates that number will drop further as more agents are processed through expedited hiring.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/dhs-deportation-wall-memo/index.html